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“Flowing Water”

Official achievement authored by JimG008.

The Waikato is a local government region of the upper North Island of New Zealand. The region stretches from Coromandel Peninsula in the north, to the north-eastern slopes of Mount Ruapehu in the south, and spans the North Island from the west coast, through the Waikato and Hauraki to Coromandel Peninsula on the east coast. Broadly, the extent of the region is the Waikato River catchment.

The name for the region is taken from the Waikato River; waikato is a Māori word traditionally translated as "flowing water".

Before the arrival of Europeans, the Waikato contained the third most densely populated part of New Zealand, after Northland/Auckland and the Bay of Plenty. The Waikato rohe (area) was inhabited by iwi (tribes) such as those of the Tainui confederation, including Waikato and Ngāti Toa who conquered the native inhabitants about 1450 according to Tainui historians, finally destroying them at a battle at Aratiatia. Between about 1750 and 1842 the area was subject to a large number of invasions by other Māori iwi and hapu confederations and large scale population migrations took place by a number of hapu and iwi. The largest battle ever fought in New Zealand took place near Ohaupo about 1790–1805, between two competing alliances of hapu. During the latter stages of this volatile period, known as the Musket Wars (1807–1845), conflict led to a migration south to Taranaki and eventually Kapiti Island.

Criteria

Depart from an airport of your choice, fly to and land at NZHN, your flight distance must be further than 100 NM.
Date Departure Arrival Pilot Aircraft Landing rate Distance Flight time
17APR25 0132Z NZWO NZHN PVPilot Lockheed Martin F-35A Lightning 2 (F35) -18 ft/m 168 nm 00:21 View
11APR25 1519Z NZGS NZHN J.A. Douglas DC-3 (DC3) -251 ft/m 593 nm 04:43 View
20MAR25 1701Z NZWN NZHN Staghound Lockheed Martin F-22 Raptor (F22) -153 ft/m 219 nm 00:17 View
14MAR25 0223Z NZWN NZHN Davi Pereira ATR ATR-72-600 (AT76) -213 ft/m 212 nm 00:57 View
10MAR25 0352Z NZSL NZHN Oz Flyer/Nexus27 Boeing CH-47 Chinook (H47) -66 ft/m 100 nm 00:43 View
01MAR25 0924Z NZNR NZHN VAF278 Roberto Airbus A-400M (A400) -451 ft/m 130 nm 00:24 View
24FEB25 2143Z NZPM NZHN Geoff Weale ATR ATR-72-600 (AT76) -130 ft/m 163 nm 00:44 View
24FEB25 2037Z NZRO NZHN NPS177/Yves Cessna Skyhawk (C172) -123 ft/m 122 nm 01:02 View
23FEB25 1757Z NZNR NZHN Maciej TBM 930 GRAND BUSINESS D -120 ft/m 151 nm 00:39 View
17FEB25 2042Z NZNP NZHN Uberfish Cirrus Vision SF-50 (SF50) -182 ft/m 109 nm 00:18 View
09FEB25 2009Z NZWU NZHN Mouseviator Beechcraft G36 Bonanza (BE36) -123 ft/m 158 nm 00:58 View
07FEB25 0015Z NZAA NZHN IrishVirtual 01 Embraer Phenom 300 (E55P) -63 ft/m 158 nm 00:36 View
06FEB25 0055Z NZOH NZHN Dillon Piper PA-24 Comanche (PA24) -111 ft/m 150 nm 01:31 View
03FEB25 1716Z NZHN NZHN Ron L. Hamelin H160 Toll -17 ft/m 5184 nm 00:00 View
02FEB25 0721Z NZWN NZHN Philippe Damerval Quest Kodiak (KODI) -80 ft/m 284 nm 01:42 View
26JAN25 1046Z NZCH NZHN Gilles Menghetti Boeing 737-600 (B736) -305 ft/m 375 nm 01:02 View
18JAN25 0948Z NZAA NZHN Artem Cessna 400 (COL4) -55 ft/m 110 nm 00:41 View
17JAN25 1129Z NZWN NZHN Mike Papa Cessna 525C Citation CJ4 (C25C) -64 ft/m 239 nm 00:43 View
15DEC24 2041Z NZWO NZHN Jose Luis G. Cessna 408 SkyCourier (C408) -60 ft/m 139 nm 00:43 View
04DEC24 0002Z NZWR NZHN VAF155 Alberto Boeing 737-700 (B737) -151 ft/m 159 nm 00:32 View